Railway rerailing-frog



R. M. TAYLOR.

RAILWAY RERAILING'FROG.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, I913.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

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a. M. TAYLOR. RAILWAY RERAILING FROG.

AP PUCATION HLED MAY 19. 1913.

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RAILWAY RERAILING FROG.

APPLICATiON FILED MAY 19. new.

'1 1 94,257, Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

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RICHARD M. TAYLOR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY BEBAILINGr-FROG.

Application filed May 19, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD M. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Railway Rerailing-Frog, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in rerailing frogs.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide an inner and an outer frog whereby the wheels of a derailed car may be easily and quickly guided to properly position the same upon the rails of the track.

A further object of the invention is to provide frogs for this purpose which shall be of an extremely simple construction, easily applied to the rails of the track or removed therefrom, which shall be comparatively cheap to manufacture and which will adequately perform the functions for which they are devised.

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a frog which I employ upon the outer rail of a track, Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same, Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same, Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same, Fig. 5 is a view of the rail engaging bolt, Fig. 6 is an end View of the frog, Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the inner frog member, Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the same, Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the same, Fig. 10 is a bottom plan view of the same, Fig. 11 is a sectional view approximately on the line 1111 of Fig. 8, Fig. 12 is a sectional view approximately on the line 1212 of Fig. 8, Fig. 13 is a plan view of the switch member, Fig. 14 is a view of the rail securing bolt, Fig. 15 is a perspective view illustrating the application of the frogs.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, and especially to the outer frog, illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 as well as in Fig. 15, the frog A comprises an elongated body member, preferably formed or molded of metal. The top face of the body, for the major portion of its length is beveled upwardly, as at 1, the said beveled portion terminating in a substantially horizontally straight face 2, the straight portion 2 or what may be termed Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

Serial No. 768,653.

the platform, having its sides diverging in opposite directions from its juncture with the inclined portion 1, as indicated by the numerals 3, and the rear and widened end of the platform 2 is preferably rounded downwardly, as at 3'. Integrally formed with the beveled or inclined sides of the body 2 and terminating approximately at the juncture of the platform with the inclined plane 1, are longitudinally extending ribs BB, and the upper faces of said ribs are channeled, as at G, so that the outer walls of said ribs are disposed in spaced relation to the sides 3 of the platform 2. The frog A, below the rear rounded end 3 of the platform 2 is formed, upon its opposite sides, with longitudinally disposed grooves or channels 4, the walls provided by the said grooves coinciding to the cross sectional contour of the head of the rail R upon one of the sides of said rail, while the straight faces C of the member A below the groove are adapted to contact with the web of said rail R, and the underfaces or base of said body A are beveled inwardly, as at 5, one of said beveled walls resting upon the base flange of the rail. The walls of the platform projecting over the channels 4 are of a width equalling only the width of the head of the rail, and thus it will be noted that when the frog is arranged on the rail the wheels of the rolling stock will be guided over one of the edges of the frog and forced through the groove G between the side of the platform 2 and the rib 3, and that the rim of said wheel will be properly positioned upon the side of the head of the rail and the tread of the wheel will properly rest upon the head of the rail. In order to sustain the frog upon the rail, the rear and widened portion of the platform directly above the channels 4 is formed with a transverse opening to receive the shank of a bolt D, the said bolt having one of its ends hooked, as at 6, to engage the the outer face of the head of the rail, while a nut E is screwed upon the threaded end of said bolt to adjustably sustain the said bolt upon the frog.

The inner frog, illustrated in the remaining figures of the drawings as well as in the mentioned Fig. 15 includes a body member H having its upper face inclined from one of its ends, as indicated by the characters I, the said inclined face terminating in a horizontally straight face which may be termed a platform and which is indicated by the numeral 7. The inclined face I is centrally provided with a wheel groove N which is continued at opposite inclinations over the platform, finding an outlet at the widened end of the said platform, as indichannel may be directed to either side of the frog. The rear and widened end of the frog is provided upon its sides and at the channeled ends l with longitudinally extending shoulders 1 providing the top of outwardly extending portions J, the said portions J terminating in angular base portions 11, the angular portions 11 resting upon the base flanges of a rail, and the portions J contact with the web of the rail, the head of the rail being received upon the shoulder I. A bolt member L having a liooked end 12 passes through a suitable opening in the frog above the shoulders I and below the inner curved end 14 of the platform of the frog, a nut M engaging with the threaded end of the said bolt for adjustably securing the bolt upon the frog and forcing the hooked end 12 of the bolt into engagement with the head of the rail.

In Fig. 15 I have illustrated the members in applied position upon the rails R-lt', and it will be apparent that a derailed car will have the rim of one of its wheels travel within the groove N of the inner frog H being directed by the switch member 10 to its proper position upon the rail R, and likewise the opposite wheel of the truck when arranged upon the frog A will be directed upon the rail R, as previously described.

From the above description, taken in c011- nection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A rerailing frog comprising a body portion having an inclined upper surface terminating in a substantially horizontal straight platform, the said platform having its end round and the sides of the frog being formed with rail receiving pockets, a bolt having one of its ends provided with a rail engaging hook adjustable upon the frog, and the said frog having side members spaced from the inclined plane and platform and integrally formed therewith to provide side ribs for the frog.

2. The herein described car rerailer including an inner and an outer frog, said frogs each having their ends provided with pockets to receive the heads of the rail and their underfaces flanged to contact with the webs of the rails, adjustable rail head engaging hooks upon each of the-said frogs, each of said frogs including an inclined plane which terminates in a substantially horizontally disposed platform, the rear of the platform being rounded downwardly, and each of said frogs having side ribs pro-- viding guides for the wheels of a truck.

3. The herein described car rerailer including an inner and an outer frog member, each of the frogs including a horizontally straight platform portion and an inclined plane leading from said platform, the sides of the platform being formed with rail head receiving pockets and with outwardl 1 tending portions to be received in the fish-- ing spaces, of the rails, the underfaces of the frogs being inclined from their sides to their center to engage with the base flange of the rail, a transversely disposed adjustable hook member at the platform of each of the frogs to engage with the heads of the rails, the said platforms being formed with oppositely diverging grooves for the rims of the wheels of the rolling stock, the said grooves communicating with the inclined planes of the said frogs, and one of the frogs at the said grooved portion thereof being provided with a pivoted switch.

RICHARD M. TAYLOR.

Witnesses 7 WILLIAM D. CRoUsE, BENNETT BUSH.

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